Hot and Spicy Friday Night

It was 2 days after the 5th Prizedraw of Thavorn Hotels and Resorts. The purpose was to donate the blood, and suddenly the guys (Pi Jack, Pi Chum, Khun Nuch, and Khun Cha) cancelled it, and decided to have a hot and spicy dinner in one of the restaurant around Phuket town.

well, it was not actually around Phuket town, it's quite far. according to the google map, it takes around 9 minutes to go by driving and takes you around 35 minutes to go by walk. I definitely recommend you to rent a motorbike or go by car instead of walk :p

well, the restaurant's name is:

Ran Kon 101, located in Wichit Songkram Road.

The taste of North East Food

It has a unique concept of wooden gazebo for the guest, where we can sit together and enjoy the meals. Unfortunately, the menu is written in Thai Language. But dont be worry, because this restaurant is famous with its hot pot dish, and various desserts.

We ordered the hot pot with seafood. at first, I had no idea how does this hot pot work. but then, Khun Nuch showed me the way.

The hot pot comes with the vegetables, seafoods and sauce. all you have to do is boil the water inside the pot 1st, and put the vegetables and seafood inside. be careful! dont put all the stuff at once, because the pot will not fit them, and better watch out from the heat and the smoke.

but anyway, it was fun though :)

after the vegetables and the seafood well-cooked, grab your boil and pour them in. you might need the sauce to spice it up.

before we had the main dishes which is the hot pot seafood, it's better to order some appetizer, such as the spicy Som Tam, fried chicken wing, and sticky rice.

You should not worry about your diet, because they are too good to be missed :)

and plus, dont miss the dessert option, they have various choices for ice cream. I wanted to order the unique purple "Sa Ku Truadam Ma Praw On", they said it is made from kind of potato family, but it was sold out.

So, I tried the other dessert, which was as delicious as its picture.

after all of 5 dishes we eat, it cost around 150-200 THB per head. An affordable price for dinner after our pay day :)

2 in 1 of Talat Yai Road

I just knew that we are actually surrounded by the great places in the town. If many people said Patong is the best way to hang out, well I dont think so, Phuket town rules!

With just a short walk to Talat Yai, around 10 minutes. you can find this 2 wonderful places:

1. The Halal Budgeted-Restaurant:

They are in the row of this road, which one of them sell a special dish, just the same like in Indonesia. well, you should give it a try, the name is "Martabak", the skin is made from flour, with beef,potato and egg inside. 30 THB per piece.

and just beside this restaurant, you can find the "Chicken Rice" shop as well.

2. The Restaurant and Karaoke

If you feel like enjoying the whole night with food and songs, you should give a shoot to this Ba Lé Restaurant and Karaoke. It costs around 300-400THB per hour to enjoy the karaoke time. Definitely a place to hang out with a group of friends.

me and the guys went there to celebrate one of our colleague's birthday. it is one of the sophisticated place to having a dinner.. the atmosphere is simply amazing with the touch of live music performing Thai songs.

So, what can i say?! Phuket town provides a lot of enjoyment beside its cultural sight. In one night, we could find a new road full of excitement, i cant wait to find another great part in Phuket town!

by: Astrid